Hatha Yoga Pradipika - Chapter 3

sa-śaila-vana-dhātrīṇāṁ yathādhāro'hi-nāyakaḥ |
sarveṣāṁ yoga-tantrāṇāṁ tathādhāro hi kuṇḍalī ||1||

suptā guru-prasādena yadā jāgarti kuṇḍalī |
tadā sarvāṇi padmāni bhidyante granthayo'pi ca ||2||

prāṇasya śūnya-padavī tadā rājapathāyate |
tadā cittaṁ nirālambaṁ tadā kālasya vañcanam ||3||

suṣumṇā śūnya-padavī brahma-randhraḥ mahāpathaḥ |
śmaśānaṁ śāmbhavī madhya-mārgaś cety eka-vācakāḥ ||4||

tasmāt sarva-prayatnena prabodhayitum īśvarīm |
brahma-dvāra-mukhe suptāṁ mudrābhyāsaṁ samācaret ||5||

mahāmudrā mahābandho mahāvedhaś ca khecarī |
uḍḍīyānaṁ mūlabandhaś ca bandho jālandharābhidhaḥ ||6||

karaṇī viparītākhyā vajrolī śakti-cālanam |
idaṁ hi mudrā-daśakaṁ jarā-maraṇa-nāśanam ||7||

ādināthoditaṁ divyam aṣṭaiśvarya-pradāyakam |
vallabhaṁ sarva-siddhānāṁ durlabhaṁ marutām api ||8||

gopanīyaṁ prayatnena yathā ratna-karaṇḍakam |
kasyacin naiva vaktavyaṁ kula-strī-surataṁ yathā ||9||

atha mahā-mudrā
pāda-mūlena vāmena yoniṁ sampīḍya dakṣiṇām |
prasāritaṁ padaṁ kṛtvā kara-ābhyāṁ dhārayed dṛḍham ||10||

kaṇṭhe bandhaṁ samāropya dhārayed vāyum ūrdhvataḥ |
yathā daṇḍa-hataḥ sarpo daṇḍākāraḥ prajāyate ||11||

ṛjvī-bhūtā tathā śaktiḥ kuṇḍalī sahasā bhavet |
tadā sā maraṇāvasthā jāyate dvi-puṭā-śrayā ||12||

tataḥ śanaiḥ śanair eva recayen naiva vegataḥ |
mahā-mudrāṁ ca tenaiva vadanti vibudhottamāḥ ||13||

iyaṁ khalu mahāmudrā mahā-siddhaiḥ pradarśitā |
mahā-kleśādayo doṣāḥ kṣīyante maraṇādayaḥ |
mahā-mudrāṁ ca tenaiva vadanti vibudhottamāḥ ||14||

candrāṅge tu samabhyasya sūryāṅge punar abhyaset |
yāvat-tulyā bhavet saṅkhyā tato mudrāṁ visarjayet ||15||

na hi pathyam apathyaṁ vā rasāḥ sarve'pi nīrasāḥ |
api bhuktaṁ viṣaṁ ghoraṁ pīyūṣam api jīryati ||16||

kṣaya-kuṣṭha-gudāvarta-gulmājīrṇa-purogamāḥ |
tasya doṣāḥ kṣayaṁ yānti mahāmudrāṁ tu yo'bhyaset ||17||

kathiteyaṁ mahāmudrā mahā-siddhi-karā nṛṇām |
gopanīyā prayatnena na deyā yasya kasyacit ||18||

atha mahā-bandhaḥ-
pārṣṇiṁ vāmasya pādasya yoni-sthāne niyojayet |
vāmorūpari saṁsthāpya dakṣiṇaṁ caraṇaṁ tathā ||19||

pūrayitvā tato vāyuṁ hṛdaye cubukaṁ dṛḍham |
niṣpīḍyaṁ vāyum ākuñcya mano-madhye niyojayet ||20||

dhārayitvā yathā-śakti recayed anilaṁ śanaiḥ |
savyāṅge tu samabhyasya dakṣāṅge punar abhyaset ||21||

matam atra tu keṣāṁcit kaṇṭha-bandhaṁ vivarjayet |
rāja-danta-stha-jihvāyā bandhaḥ śasto bhaved iti ||22||

ayaṁ tu sarva-nāḍīnām ūrdhvaṁ gati-nirodhakaḥ |
ayaṁ khalu mahā-bandho mahā-siddhi-pradāyakaḥ ||23||

kāla-pāśa-mahā-bandha-vimocana-vicakṣaṇaḥ |
triveṇī-saṅgamaṁ dhatte kedāraṁ prāpayen manaḥ ||24||

rūpa-lāvaṇya-sampannā yathā strī puruṣaṁ vinā |
mahā-mudrā-mahā-bandhau niṣphalau vedha-varjitau ||25||

atha mahā-vedhaḥ-
mahā-bandha-sthito yogī kṛtvā pūrakam eka-dhīḥ |
vāyūnāṁ gatim āvṛtya nibhṛtaṁ kaṇṭha-mudrayā ||26||

sama-hasta-yugo bhūmau sphicau sanāḍayec chanaiḥ |
puṭa-dvayam atikramya vāyuḥ sphurati madhyagaḥ ||27||

soma-sūryāgni-sambandho jāyate cāmṛtāya vai |
mṛtāvasthā samutpannā tato vāyuṁ virecayet ||28||

mahā-vedho'yam abhyāsān mahā-siddhi-pradāyakaḥ |
valī-palita-vepa-ghnaḥ sevyate sādhakottamaiḥ ||29||

etat trayaṁ mahā-guhyaṁ jarā-mṛtyu-vināśanam |
vahni-vṛddhi-karaṁ caiva hy aṇimādi-guṇa-pradam ||30||

aṣṭadhā kriyate caiva yāme yāme dine dine |
puṇya-saṁbhāra-sandhāya pāpaugha-bhiduraṁ sadā |
samyak-śikṣāvatām evaṁ svalpaṁ prathama-sādhanam ||31||

atha khecarī-
kapāla-kuhare jihvā praviṣṭā viparītagā |
bhruvor antargatā dṛṣṭir mudrā bhavati khecarī ||32||

chedana-cālana-dohaiḥ kalāṁ krameṇātha vardhayet tāvat |
sā yāvad bhrū-madhyaṁ spṛśati tadā khecarī-siddhiḥ ||33||

snuhī-patra-nibhaṁ śastraṁ sutīkṣṇaṁ snigdha-nirmalam |
samādāya tatas tena roma-mātraṁ samucchinet ||34||

tataḥ saindhava-pathyābhyāṁ cūrṇitābhyāṁ pragharṣayet |
punaḥ sapta-dine prāpte roma-mātraṁ samucchinet ||35||

evaṁ krameṇa ṣaṇ-māsaṁ nityaṁ yuktaḥ samācaret |
ṣaṇmāsād rasanā-mūla-śirā-bandhaḥ praṇaśyati ||36||

kalāṁ parāṅmukhīṁ kṛtvā tripathe pariyojayet |
sā bhavet khecarī mudrā vyoma-cakraṁ tad ucyate ||37||

rasanām ūrdhvagāṁ kṛtvā kṣaṇārdham api tiṣṭhati |
viṣair vimucyate yogī vyādhi-mṛtyu-jarādibhiḥ ||38||

na rogo maraṇaṁ tandrā na nidrā na kṣudhā tṛṣā |
na ca mūrcchā bhavet tasya yo mudrāṁ vetti khecarīm ||39||

pīḍyate na sa rogeṇa lipyate na ca karmaṇā |
bādhyate na sa kālena yo mudrāṁ vetti khecarīm ||40||

cittaṁ carati khe yasmāj jihvā carati khe gatā |
tenaiṣā khecarī nāma mudrā siddhair nirūpitā ||41||

khecaryā mudritaṁ yena vivaraṁ lambikordhvataḥ |
na tasya kṣarate binduḥ kāminyāḥ śleṣitasya ca ||42||

calito'pi yadā binduḥ samprāpto yoni-maṇḍalam |
vrajaty ūrdhvaṁ hṛtaḥ śaktyā nibaddho yoni-mudrayā ||43||

ūrdhva-jihvaḥ sthiro bhūtvā somapānaṁ karoti yaḥ |
māsārdhena na sandeho mṛtyuṁ jayati yogavit ||44||

nityaṁ soma-kalā-pūrṇaṁ śarīraṁ yasya yoginaḥ |
takṣakeṇāpi daṣṭasya viṣaṁ tasya na sarpati ||45||

indhanāni yathā vahnis taila-varti ca dīpakaḥ |
tathā soma-kalā-pūrṇaṁ dehī dehaṁ na muñcati ||46||

gomāṁsaṁ bhakṣayen nityaṁ pibed amara-vāruṇīm |
kulīnaṁ tam ahaṁ manye cetare kula-ghātakāḥ ||47||

go-śabdenoditā jihvā tat praveśo hi tāluni |
go-māṁsa-bhakṣaṇaṁ tat tu mahā-pātaka-nāśanam ||48||

jihvā-praveśa-sambhūta-vahninotpāditaḥ khalu |
candrāt sravati yaḥ sāraḥ sā syād amara-vāruṇī ||49||

cumbantī yadi lambikāgram aniśaṁ jihvā-rasa-syandinī
sa-kṣārā kaṭukāmla-dugdha-sadṛśī madhvājya-tulyā tathā |
vyādhīnāṁ haraṇaṁ jarānta-karaṇaṁ śastrāgamodīraṇaṁ
tasya syād amaratvam aṣṭa-guṇitaṁ siddhāṅganākarṣaṇam ||50||

mūrdhnaḥ ṣoḍaśa-patra-padma-galitaṁ prāṇād avāptaṁ haṭhād
ūrdvhāsyo rasanāṁ niyamya vivare śaktiṁ parāṁ cintayan |
utkallola-kalā-jalaṁ ca vimalaṁ dhārāmayaṁ yaḥ piben
nirvyādhiḥ sa mṛṇāla-komala-vapur yogī ciraṁ jīvati ||51||

yat prāleyaṁ prahita-suṣiraṁ meru-mūrdhāntara-sthaṁ
tasmiṁs tattvaṁ pravadati sudhīs tan-mukhaṁ nimnagānām |
candrāt sāraḥ sravati vapuṣas tena mṛtyur narāṇāṁ
tad badhnīyāt sukaraṇam adho nānyathā kāya-siddhiḥ ||52||

suṣiraṁ jñāna-janakaṁ pañca-srotaḥ-samanvitam |
tiṣṭhate khecarī mudrā tasmin śūnye nirañjane ||53||

ekaṁ sṛṣṭimayaṁ bījam ekā mudrā ca khecarī |
eko devo nirālamba ekāvasthā manonmanī ||54||

atha uḍḍīyāna-bandhaḥ-
baddho yena suṣumṇāyāṁ prāṇas tūḍḍīyate yataḥ |
tasmād uḍḍīyanākhyo'yaṁ yogibhiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ ||55||

uḍḍīnaṁ kurute yasmād aviśrāntaṁ mahā-khagaḥ |
uḍḍīyānaṁ tad eva syāt tava bandho'bhidhīyate ||56||

udare paścimaṁ tānaṁ nābher ūrdhvaṁ ca kārayet |
uḍḍīyāno hy asau bandho mṛtyu-mātaṅga-kesarī ||57||

uḍḍīyānaṁ tu sahajaṁ guruṇā kathitaṁ sadā |
abhyaset satataṁ yas tu vṛddho'pi taruṇāyate ||58||

nābher ūrdhvam adhaś cāpi tānaṁ kuryāt prayatnataḥ |
ṣaṇmāsam abhyasen mṛtyuṁ jayaty eva na saṁśayaḥ ||59||

sarveṣām eva bandhānāṁ uttamo hy uḍḍīyānakaḥ |
uḍḍiyāne dṛḍhe bandhe muktiḥ svābhāvikī bhavet ||60||

atha mūla-bandhaḥ-
pārṣṇi-bhāgena sampīḍya yonim ākuñcayed gudam |
apānam ūrdhvam ākṛṣya mūla-bandho'bhidhīyate ||61||

adho-gatim apānaṁ vā ūrdhvagaṁ kurute balāt |
ākuñcanena taṁ prāhur mūla-bandhaṁ hi yoginaḥ ||62||

gudaṁ pārṣṇyā tu sampīḍya vāyum ākuñcayed balāt |
vāraṁ vāraṁ yathā cordhvaṁ samāyāti samīraṇaḥ ||63||

prāṇāpānau nāda-bindū mūla-bandhena caikatām |
gatvā yogasya saṁsiddhiṁ yacchato nātra saṁśayaḥ ||64||

apāna-prāṇayor aikyaṁ kṣayo mūtra-purīṣayoḥ |
yuvā bhavati vṛddho'pi satataṁ mūla-bandhanāt ||65||

apāna ūrdhvage jāte prayāte vahni-maṇḍalam |
tadānala-śikhā dīrghā jāyate vāyunāhatā ||66||

tato yāto vahny-apānau prāṇam uṣṇa-svarūpakam |
tenātyanta-pradīptas tu jvalano dehajas tathā ||67||

tena kuṇḍalinī suptā santaptā samprabudhyate |
daṇḍāhatā bhujaṅgīva niśvasya ṛjutāṁ vrajet ||68||

bilaṁ praviṣṭeva tato brahma-nāḍyaṁ taraṁ vrajet |
tasmān nityaṁ mūla-bandhaḥ kartavyo yogibhiḥ sadā ||69||

atha jalandhara-bandhaḥ-
kaṇṭham ākuñcya hṛdaye sthāpayec cibukaṁ dṛḍham |
bandho jālandharākhyo'yaṁ jarā-mṛtyu-vināśakaḥ ||70||

badhnāti hi sirājālam adho-gāmi nabho-jalam |
tato jālandharo bandhaḥ kaṇṭha-duḥkhaugha-nāśanaḥ ||71||

jālandhare kṛte bandhe kaṇṭha-saṁkoca-lakṣaṇe |
na pīyūṣaṁ pataty agnau na ca vāyuḥ prakupyati ||72||

kaṇṭha-saṁkocanenaiva dve nāḍyau stambhayed dṛḍham |
madhya-cakram idaṁ jñeyaṁ ṣoḍaśādhāra-bandhanam ||73||

mūla-sthānaṁ samākuñcya uḍḍiyānaṁ tu kārayet |
iḍāṁ ca piṅgalāṁ baddhvā vāhayet paścime pathi ||74||

anenaiva vidhānena prayāti pavano layam |
tato na jāyate mṛtyur jarā-rogādikaṁ tathā ||75||

bandha-trayam idaṁ śreṣṭhaṁ mahā-siddhaiś ca sevitam |
sarveṣāṁ haṭha-tantrāṇāṁ sādhanaṁ yogino viduḥ ||76||

yat kiṁcit sravate candrād amṛtaṁ divya-rūpiṇaḥ |
tat sarvaṁ grasate sūryas tena piṇḍo jarāyutaḥ ||77||

atha viparīta-karaṇī mudrā-
tatrāsti karaṇaṁ divyaṁ sūryasya mukha-vañcanam |
gurūpadeśato jñeyaṁ na tu śāstrārtha-koṭibhiḥ ||78||

ūrdhva-nābher adhas tālor ūrdhvaṁ bhānur adhaḥ śaśī |
karaṇī viparītākhā guru-vākyena labhyate ||79||

nityam abhyāsa-yuktasya jaṭharāgni-vivardhanī |
āhāro bahulas tasya sampādyaḥ sādhakasya ca ||80||

alpāhāro yadi bhaved agnir dahati tat-kṣaṇāt |
adhaḥ-śirāś cordhva-pādaḥ kṣaṇaṁ syāt prathame dine ||81||

kṣaṇāc ca kiṁcid adhikam abhyasec ca dine dine |
valitaṁ palitaṁ caiva ṣaṇmāsordhvaṁ na dṛśyate |
yāma-mātraṁ tu yo nityam abhyaset sa tu kālajit ||82||

atha vajrolī-
svecchayā vartamāno'pi yogoktair niyamair vinā |
vajrolīṁ yo vijānāti sa yogī siddhi-bhājanam ||83||

tatra vastu-dvayaṁ vakṣye durlabhaṁ yasya kasyacit |
kṣīraṁ caikaṁ dvitīyaṁ tu nārī ca vaśa-vartinī ||84||

mehanena śanaiḥ samyag ūrdhvākuñcanam abhyaset |
puruṣo'py athavā nārī vajrolī-siddhim āpnuyāt ||85||

yatnataḥ śasta-nālena phūtkāraṁ vajra-kandare |
śanaiḥ śanaiḥ prakurvīta vāyu-saṁcāra-kāraṇāt ||86||

nārī-bhage padad-bindum abhyāsenordhvam āharet |
calitaṁ ca nijaṁ bindum ūrdhvam ākṛṣya rakṣayet ||87||

evaṁ saṁrakṣayed binduṁ jayati yogavit |
maraṇaṁ bindu-pātena jīvanaṁ bindu-dhāraṇāt ||88||

sugandho yogino dehe jāyate bindu-dhāraṇāt |
yāvad binduḥ sthiro dehe tāvat kāla-bhayaṁ kutaḥ ||89||

cittāyattaṁ nṚṇāṁ śukraṁ śukrāyattaṁ ca jīvitam |
tasmāc chukraṁ manaś caiva rakṣaṇīyaṁ prayatnataḥ ||90||

ṛtumatyā rajo'py evaṁ nijaṁ binduṁ ca rakṣayet |
meḍhreṇākarṣayed ūrdhvaṁ samyag abhyāsa-yoga-vit ||91||

atha sahajoliḥ-
sahajoliś cāmarolir vajrolyā bheda ekataḥ |
jale subhasma nikṣipya dagdha-gomaya-sambhavam ||92||

vajrolī-maithunād ūrdhvaṁ strī-puṁsoḥ svāṅga-lepanam |
āsīnayoḥ sukhenaiva mukta-vyāpārayoḥ kṣaṇāt ||93||

sahajolir iyaṁ proktā śraddheyā yogibhiḥ sadā |
ayaṁ śubha-karo yogo bhoga-yukto'pi muktidaḥ ||94||

ayaṁ yogaḥ puṇyavatāṁ dhīrāṇāṁ tattva-darśinām |
nirmatsarāṇāṁ vai sidhyen na tu matsara-śālinām ||95||

atha amarolī-
pittolbaṇatvāt prathamāmbu-dhārāṁ
vihāya niḥsāratayānty adhārām |
niṣevyate śītala-madhya-dhārā
kāpālike khaṇḍamate'marolī ||96||

amarīṁ yaḥ piben nityaṁ nasyaṁ kurvan dine dine |
vajrolīm abhyaset samyak sāmarolīti kathyate ||97||

abhyāsān niḥsṛtāṁ cāndrīṁ vibhūtyā saha miśrayet |
dhārayed uttamāṅgeṣu divya-dṛṣṭiḥ prajāyate ||98||

puṁso binduṁ samākuñcya samyag abhyāsa-pāṭavāt |
yadi nārī rajo rakṣed vajrolyā sāpi yoginī ||99||

tasyāḥ kiṁcid rajo nāśaṁ na gacchati na saṁśayaḥ |
tasyāḥ śarīre nādaś ca bindutām eva gacchati ||100||

sa bindus tad rajaś caiva ekībhūya svadehagau |
vajroly-abhyāsa-yogena sarva-siddhiṁ prayacchataḥ ||101||

rakṣed ākuñcanād ūrdhvaṁ yā rajaḥ sā hi yoginī |
atītānāgataṁ vetti khecarī ca bhaved dhruvam ||102||

deha-siddhiṁ ca labhate vajroly-abhyāsa-yogataḥ |
ayaṁ puṇya-karo yogo bhoge bhukte'pi muktidaḥ ||103||

atha śakti-cālanam-
kuṭilāṅgī kuṇḍalinī bhujaṅgī śaktir īśvarī |
kuṇḍaly arundhatī caite śabdāḥ paryāya-vācakāḥ ||104||

udghāṭayet kapāṭaṁ tu yathā kuṁcikayā haṭhāt |
kuṇḍalinyā tathā yogī mokṣadvāraṁ vibhedayet ||105||

yena mārgeṇa gantavyaṁ brahma-sthānaṁ nirāmayam |
mukhenācchādya tad vāraṁ prasuptā parameśvarī ||106||

kandordhve kuṇḍalī śaktiḥ suptā mokṣāya yoginām |
bandhanāya ca mūḍhānāṁ yas tāṁ vetti sa yogavit ||107||

kuṇḍalī kuṭilākārā sarpavat parikīrtitā |
sā śaktiś cālitā yena sa mukto nātra saṁśayaḥ ||108||

gaṅgā-yamunayor madhye bāla-raṇḍāṁ tapasvinīm |
balātkāreṇa gṛhṇīyāt tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padam ||109||

iḍā bhagavatī gaṅgā piṅgalā yamunā nadī |
iḍā-piṅgalayor madhye bālaraṇḍā ca kuṇḍalī ||110||

pucche pragṛhya bhujaṅgīṁ suptām udbodhayec ca tām |
nidrāṁ vihāya sā śaktir ūrdhvam uttiṣṭhate haṭhāt ||111||

avasthitā caiva phaṇāvatī sā
prātaś ca sāyaṁ praharārdha-mātram |
prapūrya sūryāt paridhāna-yuktyā
pragṛhya nityaṁ paricālanīyā ||112||

ūrdhvaṁ vitasti-mātraṁ tu vistāraṁ caturaṅgulam |
mṛdulaṁ dhavalaṁ proktaṁ veṣṭitāmbara-lakṣaṇam ||113||

sati vajrāsane pādau karābhyāṁ dhārayed dṛḍham |
gulpha-deśa-samīpe ca kandaṁ tatra prapīḍayet ||114||

vajrāsane sthito yogī cālayitvā ca kuṇḍalīm |
kuryād anantaraṁ bhastrāṁ kuṇḍalīm āśu bodhayet ||115||

bhānor ākuñcanaṁ kuryāt kuṇḍalīṁ cālayet tataḥ |
mṛtyu-vaktra-gatasyāpi tasya mṛtyu-bhayaṁ kutaḥ ||116||

muhūrta-dvaya-paryantaṁ nirbhayaṁ cālanād asau |
ūrdhvam ākṛṣyate kiṁcit suṣumṇāyāṁ samudgatā ||117||

tena kuṇḍalinī tasyāḥ suṣumṇāyā mukhaṁ dhruvam |
jahāti tasmāt prāṇo'yaṁ suṣumṇāṁ vrajati svataḥ ||118||

tasmāt saṁcālayen nityaṁ sukha-suptām arundhatīm |
tasyāḥ saṁcālanenaiva yogī rogaiḥ pramucyate ||119||

yena saṁcālitā śaktiḥ sa yogī siddhi-bhājanam |
kim atra bahunoktena kālaṁ jayati līlayā ||120||

brahmacarya-ratasyaiva nityaṁ hita-mitāśinaḥ |
maṇḍalād dṛśyate siddhiḥ kuṇḍaly-abhyāsa-yoginaḥ ||121||

kuṇḍalīṁ cālayitvā tu bhastrāṁ kuryād viśeṣataḥ |
evam abhyasyato nityaṁ yamino yama-bhīḥ kutaḥ ||122||

dvā-saptati-sahasrāṇāṁ nāḍīnāṁ mala-śodhane |
kutaḥ prakṣālanopāyaḥ kuṇḍaly-abhyasanād ṛte ||123||

iyaṁ tu madhyamā nāḍī dṛḍhābhyāsena yoginām |
āsana-prāṇa-saṁyāma-mudrābhiḥ saralā bhavet ||124||

abhyāse tu vinidrāṇāṁ mano dhṛtvā samādhinā |
rudrāṇī vā parā mudrā bhadrāṁ siddhiṁ prayacchati ||125||

rāja-yogaṁ vinā pṛthvī rāja-yogaṁ vinā niśā |
rāja-yogaṁ vinā mudrā vicitrāpi na śobhate ||126||

mārutasya vidhiṁ sarvaṁ mano-yuktaṁ samabhyaset |
itaratra na kartavyā mano-vṛttir manīṣiṇā ||127||

iti mudrā daśa proktā ādināthena śambhunā |
ekaikā tāsu yamināṁ mahā-siddhi-pradāyinī ||128||

upadeśaṁ hi mudrāṇāṁ yo datte sāmpradāyikam |
sa eva śrī-guruḥ svāmī sākṣād īśvara eva saḥ ||129||

tasya vākya-paro bhūtvā mudrābhyāse samāhitaḥ |
aṇimādi-guṇaiḥ sārdhaṁ labhate kāla-vañcanam ||130||

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